Smishing

Today I received the below email from my Credit Union. While this is not new it is the first time I have received an email warning from my bank. This is just a example of the threats to come. With the rise of the mobile Internet this is only [...] Continue Reading…

Building the Case for Intrusion Prevention

With the myriad of ‘trendy’ security topics taking the spotlight today, it is critical that organizations continue to focus on core network security, namely intrusion prevention, which is one of the most effective methods for securing the enterprise. Please join DG Technology for an online briefing on: • Do businesses [...] Continue Reading…

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Sourcefire released iPhone App

Filed under IPS, Sourcefire by on October 30, 2009 at 10:00 am {no comments}

Sourcefire has released an iPhone application.  It has the widely recognized snort Pig as the icon. You can view the latest rule sets, top malware threats and the latest news from the VRT team. This a must have for the mobile security geeks.  You can download the app from [...] Continue Reading…

Obsolescence of traditional defenses

Filed under IPS by on October 29, 2009 at 2:25 am {no comments}

I attended a lunch and learn event hosted by Bayside Solutions and presented by Paul Henry. Bayside Solutions provides these monthly lunch and learn events and they are top notch. They are unique in that they are not sales events but focus on providing relevant information on issues within [...] Continue Reading…

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Gumblar is back or never left

Filed under IPS by on October 22, 2009 at 7:48 pm {no comments}

ISS X-Force has raised the AlertCon to 2 because of increased Gumblar activity. Gumblar has updated the exploits it uses to take advantage of recent Adobe and Microsoft vulnerabilities. Unlike the previous version, the new and improved version hosts the exploits on the compromised web server and infects clients [...] Continue Reading…

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October Microsoft Updates

Filed under IPS, Microsoft Security Bulletins by on October 17, 2009 at 1:57 am {no comments}

IBM/ISS MS Bulletin Coverage Coverage Date MS09-050 XPU 29.091 9/11/2009 MS09-051 XPU 29.091 9/11/2009 MS09-052 XPU 29.1 10/13/2009 MS09-053 XPU 29.1 Multiple Signatures and dates MS09-054 XPU 29.1 Multiple Signatures and dates MS09-055 XPU 29.1 Multiple Signatures and dates MS09-056 XPU 29.08 8/11/2009 MS09-057 XPU 29.1 10/13/2009 MS09-058 Scanner Only 10/13/2009 MS09-059 MS09-060 Scanner Only [...]

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Mcaffe and IBM Comparison

Filed under IBM, IPS, Mcaffe by on October 6, 2009 at 6:07 pm {no comments}

IBM Device GX4004 GX5008 GX5108 GX5208 # of 10/100/1000 Mbps Network Segments Protected Inline 2 4 4 4 Throughput 200Mbps 400Mbps 1.2Gbps 2Gbps # of 10Gbps Networks Protected 0 0 0 0 # of Virtual IPS Systems 0 0 0 0 Anomaly Detection Coming Coming Coming Coming Integration with McAfee ePO for Combined Protection with [...]

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Forrester Network Mitigation Report

Filed under IPS by on September 26, 2009 at 9:07 pm {no comments}

I recently read the TechRadar for Security & Risk Professionals: Network Threat Mitigation, Q3 2009 by Forrester. This report reviewed 14 different threat mitigation categories. These included encryption, wireless IDS/IPS, UTM, Intrusion prevention, network access control,Web-content filtering and a few others. It is obvious that the bad guys are highly [...] Continue Reading…

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